All About McCain

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I cannot speak to what she said regarding the firings and all. I don't know anything of it...there could be something to it, i don't know.

It was her third and fifth pargraphs, particularly the fifth, that I find to be offensive and ridiculously ignorant. I'm a conservative and don't happen to think my wife's place is in the home, and if you think my wife is stupid and doesn't think for herself as a conservative, than you obviously don't know many conservative women. My wife teaches at a Christian school where she was (gasp!) even allowed to remain as a teacher after giving birth! Can you believe it?!?!?! ABG has insulted every conservative female I know. How dare they NOT think like her! That must mean they are under the thumb of a domineering male who has brainwashed her into thinking that way.

On top of that, I don't know personally know any conservative leaning men that like stupid women nor any who have chsined their wives to a stove.

Yep - pretty insanely insulting.

And Sub, she offers a lot more than being just a woman in terms of consolidating a very shaky conservative base for the republicans.

Sorry, dude. Maybe you're not aware of any- you're not a Neanderthal and I've no doubt you and your spouse have a reasonably equitable relationship. I live in a very conservative area, and I know a lot of couples where the dynamic is exactly how ABG describes. Not a one of them is liberal. Most of the women are very unhappy as well, but their hubbies remain blissfully unaware until they leave them. Working in the business I do, and living in the neighborhood I do (predominantly Mormon), I see and hear things I doubt very much you are privy to. You want to know how women really feel? Ask their hairdresser.

Palin is a joke, and McCain will be sorry he chose her over the many others (male or female) that were better suited for such an important job. I'd say I am glad he chose her, as it only helps our side, but I care about my country enough to be very concerned that someone like that is even in the running.

[wendybeth]

Oh, and I just had to say that yesterday we at a festival in our downtown park, which draws people from all over the area. The Democrat's booth was swamped, while the Repub's was deserted. The guy running the Dem booth said it had been that way since the start of the festival. As I stated before, this is a very conservative town and it was really cool to see so much interest in the Dems for a change. There are Obama/Biden stickers and signs everywhere. It's nice to have hope for once.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

As I stated before, this is a very conservative town

Didn't you guys have Tip O'Neill there? He was from Spokane, right?

[wendybeth]

Nope- Tom Foley. And the idiots voted him out, while he was House Speaker (although he would have been minority leader should he have been re-elected) and voted in George Netherbutt, who ran on a term limits platform. Of course, he changed his mind about term limits when his was up, and ran again. Dick.

[wendybeth]

Oh, and "someone like that" refers to her hypocrisy with regards to 'family values', her activities regarding her ex-brother-in-law, her determination to take away MY reproductive rights, and the fact that she obviously wears the pants in her family yet pretends that hubby is the Fearless Leader of the Clan. I'm sick of strong women having to take a backseat to their husbands for fear of emasculating them- why can't they just be partners? Why does someone have to be the leader, and if it is necessary, why would the person in the leadership role have to sit in the backseat and play all meek and mild just to make the other look and feel like the stronger one? This goes both ways- I know lots of men who do everything for their wives, yet present as a true couple without the whole leader/follower dynamic. I only wish they would teach their wives how to survive after they are gone. (Speaking about one of my clients in particular who just lost her hubby, and is absolutely helpless about even such simple things as check writing.)